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Rubus lineatus

Botanic Family

Rosaceae

Author

Reinwardt in Blume

Common Names

• Juan mao xuan gou zi (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Borneo
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Himalayas
• Sikkim - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Is.
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edges
• montane areas
• streamside
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct

Prickly rambling sometimes climbing shrub to 3m with pubescent prickly branches, prickles to 3mm, leaves silvery beneath, 3-5 serrated leaflets, terminal leaflets to 180mm x 75mm, lateral ones smaller. Axillary & terminal panicles or cymes to 50mm long with bracts, 15mm white or greenish-white flowers with triangular sepals to 13mm x 7mm, petals to 5mm x 3.5mm, orange maturing red fruits to 10mm diameter. Not climbing in China.

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• Flora Malesiana